nordic youth conference

the annual nordic Baha'i youth conference is this year held in lillehammer, norway, between the 5-9th of april. the program looks extremely interesting, and I'm sure it's going to be great. to check out more, go to www.nordicbahaiyouth.com, and don't forget to sign up!

the hostess!

no mention of my home can be complete without the mention of my dear sister/cousin rebecca. her blog can be found here. I'm renting the apartment from her, and she made a more than excellent job in preparing it for me and my arrival. eternal thanks to you rebecca! <3

(no, she's not framed.)

y mi casa...

and here's my place. first, the hallway:



the living room:



and finally, my bedroom:




(yes, that's a double bed)

can't be bothered with the kitchen, it looks like any random kitchen...

game evening pics

here are two pics from the game evening. not the best of quality, but it's action ;-)

a month!

yesterday was a month since I moved in to my own apartment. it's nice and cozy, and I've finally started to make it feel like my place. have had a couple of friends over, and more are welcome. just gimme a message that you're coming :)

what I especially like about it is that it's so close to work. it takes me about 8 minutes to walk, compared to the 50 minutes I had to go by train/subway from my parents' place. of course, there are benefits of staying there too (dinner always ready when you get home), but it's a natural step towards maturity and independence. and I sorta like it.

I'll post a few pics so you can see what it looks like...

-17? who came up with that idea???

it's cold outside. very cold. when I woke up, it said -17 (that's around 0F for you metrically challenged). it's far from any sort of record, but still. it's cold outside. very cold. seems global warming hasn't reached us here. yet.

what am I doing here? I wish I could say it's my last winter, but I'm not too sure about that either...

what makes you go weeee?

wii makes you go weeeee!!! we just had a game evening at work, and even though I came quite late and didn't have much time to play, I'm still hooked. got to play tennis and a little bit of bowling, and it's every bit as good as they say it is. the graphics is far from the best, but the feeling of playing is immense. you're really moving and jumping around, hitting the forehand and backhand, or taking those steps forward when bowling. it's not so difficult to play, but I think it takes a lot of practice to become really good. the wii is really awesome, it's almost a must-have, can be a really fun ice-breaker at social events.

pictures and perhaps a video coming up later!

thank you klem fm!

got my mention, song and greetings to my friends on klem fm today :)
not sure if anyone out there heard it, but at least my workmates here did. was fun!

while we're at it, I also signed up to be called up by ralf edström (former swedish professional football player) here to talk sports. 6 celebrities are going to talk with as many people as possible during a day, and the conversations can be heard live. whoever wins can donate 50000 kr to charity.
so if it happens, it'll be next tuesday. not sure what to talk about yet, of course it'll be football, but not sure exactly what... ;)

listen to klem fm!

klem fm is a norwegian radio station that I quite frequently listen to. why? because it reminds me of my norwegian friends, and in particular when I helped my friends/sisters move in december 2005. we listened to it non-stop. since they play "calm favorites", they don't change around that much and I'm brought back to there, a week of much joy, laughter and craziness.

now, today I wished a song, and got promised by sverre that I'll be hearing it tomorrow. he's the host between 10-12 am (my time), so sometime then I'm hoping to hear my name and a greeting to all my norwegian friends. just click on "klikk for å lytte" down to the right, if you've got nothing better to do... ;)

here are my past few days:

february 2nd

february 3rd

february 4th

february 5th

a few notes and comments:

work, squash and gym will probably be happening and appearing quite a lot

I loved the cinnamon buns

liverpool - everton wasn't really all that fun, unfortunately (but I had good company!)

I love my parents.

work

let's start with what I'm doing. I work at aftonbladet (check link to the right), which is sweden's largest paper, and second most visited site (only msn.se is bigger) in sweden. as one of the employees "just" (mid-december) had a baby, I'm a stand-in for her. she'll be gone for 10 months, so I'll be there for at least that time and then I suppose we'll see what happens afterwards. hopefully they'll want me to stay afterwards as well. during the interview they said the chances are big, as they're continuously growing, so I'm hopeful :)

I'm basically a programmer/developer, and working on different projects here and there, depending on what is most needed. I've already worked on two projects (one finished and another running), and started on another last week. both will probably be ongoing for quite a while...

can't really tell too much about the projects, but they're quite varied, I must say. java and php/mysql, jsp/javascript, etc etc. one has been starting from scratch, the other just a slight modification/addition and the third one refreshing, fixing and updating. it's challenging, but I'm learning a lot.

and I must also say that I really love the people I'm working with. a lot of fun, a lot of laughter, and jokes. the atmosphere is extremely nice and it feels like I've already gotten to know them, even after only being there for two months. Looks promising for the future :)